EHOPALOCERA MALA YA Y A . 



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Hah.— 'Continental India; Bombay (Leith — coll, Dist.). — Malay Peninsula; Fenang (coll. Diat.) ; 

 Perak (Kiinatler — Calc. Mus. ; Biggs — coll. Dist.) ; Sungei Ujong (Durnford — coll. Diet.). 



This varietal form somewhat approaches the T, wsiopc of Menetries, and is intermediate 

 between that form and typical T* hscabe. It seems impossible to come to any other conclusion 

 than that this species is extremely variable ; and this view is not only prompted by the extent 

 of its geographical distribution, but has also been proved by the breeding experiments of 

 Mr, Pryer in Japan (antea, p. 802).* In my own opinion the following species (?), T, sari, should 

 also be considered as a variety of R hecabe, but as breeding experiments have not yet proved 

 this to be the case (as I have little donbt will subsequently be demonstrated), I have kept 

 them as distinct in a class ificaionj sense. 



The larva and pupa, as observed in Java have been figured by Horsfield, f who describes 

 the first as feeding on the " sEschynomene scsbaii," and as "found abundantly from January 

 to April."]: In Ceylon, according to Dr. Thwaites, the larva feeds on L&fmmwstti, and 

 Mr* Mackwood gives the u Madras thorn" as the food-plant. § 



3, Terias sari. (Tab, XXY., fig, 3 3 .) 



T<rias Sari, Horaficld, Cat. Lep. E.L C, p. 130, u. til (1829) ; Wall. Trans. Ent. Soc. aer. 8, vol. iv. p, 326, 

 n. >25 1 18&7) ; Bull, Proc. Zool Soc. 1871, p. 537, n. 03 ; Trane. Linn. Soc. ser. 2, Zool. vol. i. p. 550, 

 O. 2 11877); Draco, Proc. Zool. Soc. 1873, p. 354, ». 4. 



ZVrww Hecabe, var, ? , Boisd. Sp, Gin. i. p. G70 (1836). 



Male. Wings above closely resembling those of T, hecabe, but the anterior wings bo neat b with a 

 large apical fuscous subquadrate spot. 



Female, Resembling the male, but paler sulphureous, and with the dark marginal markings paler 

 and broader. 



Var. a. (Tab. XX VI., Jig. 3<F.) 



Resembling typical form of T, B&ri, but with the subquadrate apical fuscous spot on the under surface 

 of the anterior wings more or less cleft. 



Var, b. (Tab. XXVI,, fig. 7.) 



Pale and dwarf form of the specie b. 

 Exp. wings, 34 to 52 millim. 



Hau. — Malay Peninsula; Province Wellesley (coU, Dist.) ; Perak (Kuustler— Calc. Mus.) j Malacca 

 (Pinwiil— Brit. Mus.) ; Singapore (Kerr— coll. Dist.).— Sumatra (Wallace). — Java tflor afield).— Borneo 

 (Druee); Sandakan (Pryer — -coll. Dist.!. — Flores, Timor, Australia? ( Wallace). 



As previously stated, the writer can scu no improbability, but rather every possibility, that 

 breeding will prove the T.sari, Jlorsf., to be only a variety of T. hecahe, Linn. The typical 

 sari, as described by Horsfield, is the form figured (Tab. XXV., fig. 3). The dwarf form 

 (Tab. XXVI., fig. 7) is not uncommon, as the British Museum also contains an example which 

 was captured by Capt. Pinwill in Malacca. 



I have-not included in the synonymy all the named forms wkiyh Mr. Pryer found to be conspeeific in Jnpan, && sumo 

 oHbemUo not appear tu be futlncl ni Uiia fauna. 



f Cat. Lop. E.l.C. t. iv. f.S, Str. J Ibid. p. 13(5. § Moore's Lep. Ceyl. vol. i. p. 110. 



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